Determined Survivors

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Summary: A Jewel of a Book
Review: For a seminary project on older people and spirituality, I fought my way through a dozen almost unreadable sociological studies before encountering this unique, loving book -- the account of the author's two and a half-year study, during the early 1980s, of community life at a downtown LA SRO for older people. Residents were highly individualistic folks from a wide variety of background who nonetheless created community with one another, particularly during crisis times. Anyone studying quality of life issues for older people will want to weigh her findings. It's beautifully written as well.